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I COMBINED TABLE A D DESK. No. 290,862. Patented Dec. 25,1883.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL T. CORBITT, OF ODESSA, MISSOURI.

COMBINED TABLE AND DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,862, dated December 25, 1883.

Application filed July 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. CORBITT, of Odessa, in the county of Lafayette and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Combined Table and Desk, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved combined table and desk, which can be used as either, or as both at the same time, and which is simple in construction, and can easily be adjusted as may be necessary.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved combined table and desk, showiugthe desk partly drawn out. Fig. 2 is an end view of the table, showing the desk part pushed in.

A table, A, having a very high top frame, A, has two legs, B, secured to the said top frame, and the other two legs, B, are secured to the outer end of a box, G, adapted to slide into the frame A, which is open on one side of the table, and is provided with a bottom, D, on which the box 0 can slide. The box 0 is divided into pigeon-ho1es E by vertical and transverse partitions E, which partitions, as also the top of the box, do not extend entirely to the front of the box 0, but terminate ashort distance from the front, so as to leave a small free space in front of the pigeon-holes. The swinging writing-board F, held between the upper parts of the legs B, forms one of the sides of the desk when raised. It is provided at thelower part of each end edge with a pivot, G, which passes into a vertical groove, H, in the inner surface of the leg, in which groove it can slide up and down. On each end of the board F a brace, J, is pivoted, the lower end of which braces are slightly curved outward, the upper ends being pivoted to the sides of the legs at the upper ends of the said legs.

If the desk is to be used, the box Gis drawn out of the frame A, and then the writing-board is swung down, the lower end rising until the studs or pivots G rest against the upper ends of the grooves H, whereby the said board receives the required inclination. board F is raised, and the box 0 is within the frame A, it is locked in place by means of the lock in the upper or outer edge of the board F.

The desk part can be drawn out of the tableframe or pushed back into the same without disturbing any articles resting on the table, and the desk and table can be used separately or at the same time.

I do not abandon or dedicate to the public any patentable feature set forth herein and not hereinafter claimed, but reserve the right to claim the same either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon this application, or in other applications for Letters Patent that I may make.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- The combination of the box 0, having legs B, vertically grooved on the inside, the links J J, and the board F, having at the lower part of each end edge a pivot, G, adapted to slide up and down as well as turn in said grooves, as described.

SAMUEL T. CORBITT.

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G. W. THISTLE, RUFUs OORBITT.

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